n. [ OE. sithe, AS. sīðe, sigðe; akin to Icel. sigðr a sickle, LG. segd, seged, seed, seid, OHG. segansa sickle, scythe, G. sense scythe, and to E. saw a cutting instrument. See Saw. ]
The sharp-edged scythe shears up the spiring grass. Drayton. [ 1913 Webster ]
Whatever thing
The scythe of Time mows down. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To cut with a scythe; to cut off as with a scythe; to mow. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
Time had not scythed all that youth begun. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Armed with scythes, as a chariot. [ 1913 Webster ]
Chariots scythed,
On thundering axles rolled. Glover. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.;
n. A stone for sharpening scythes; a whetstone. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Zool.) Wilson's thrush; -- so called from its note. [ Local, U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]